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those principles of foreign policy the president has questioned in the first year. i think he would be wise to return to them when iranians take to the streets, for instance, and protest an election they thought was unfair. i think our president should have spoken out clearly and sharply saying we support voices of freedom whenever they are. you can imagine that ronald reagan would have had something to say so would bill clinton in that setting. at least in my view. grois your thinking is this president is failing to properly promote america to the world? >> guest: well, i think when you try to distance yourself from american history, when you suggest that somehow america needs to apologize to the world, that elevates perhaps the individual that makes the apology and encourage favor that are the blame america first crowd. it does not stand as a kind of strong indication that america has values that we recognize are enduring and that are right for us and right for others who are willing to obtain them. that doesn't mean, by the way, we force our will on other nations
those principles of foreign policy the president has questioned in the first year. i think he would be wise to return to them when iranians take to the streets, for instance, and protest an election they thought was unfair. i think our president should have spoken out clearly and sharply saying we support voices of freedom whenever they are. you can imagine that ronald reagan would have had something to say so would bill clinton in that setting. at least in my view. grois your thinking is this...
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, but of foreign policy full stop. how do you operate in a world with players who are operating under these very different rules? >> well, it's something we do spend quite a bit of time thinking about this. it's not all about china. there are issues with other countries like -- >> russia? >> -- like russia, but not just those two. and the lines are really blurred in terms of where the state ends and where capital and corporate interests begin for many countries. at the state department, we've really tried to create mechanisms through multilateral institutions like the oecd has come up with a platform for competitive neutrality which looks at the different ways that governments can act to subsidize or to give favor to their own state-owned or state-led interests and provide some recommendations for engaging in a platform of competitive neutrality. it's a different way of thinking about the challenges, and it's something that, you know, it's not just the u.s. that's concerned about, we have a lot of other countries out t
, but of foreign policy full stop. how do you operate in a world with players who are operating under these very different rules? >> well, it's something we do spend quite a bit of time thinking about this. it's not all about china. there are issues with other countries like -- >> russia? >> -- like russia, but not just those two. and the lines are really blurred in terms of where the state ends and where capital and corporate interests begin for many countries. at the state...
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the last two decades saw numerous works criticizing domestic policy, foreign policy, in particular, the financial policy, the education, corporate influence over american life, military, and so on. this is estute, and i learned much, but two things lack in my opinion and have a hard time making it into the public eye because americans are not trained to think in a holistic fashion and this analysis i have in mind is too close to the bone. it's very difficult for americans to hear it, hence somebody would say, "i didn't know it failed." you know? the first thing we lack is an integration of the various factors that have done the country in. these studies tend to be institution specific as though it existed in a vacuum and could be understood apart from other institutions. the second thing lacking is the relationship to the culture at large, the values and behaviors that americans manifest on a daily basis. as a result, these critiques are finely superficial. they don't get to the root of the problem, and this avoidance enables them to be optimistic, which, in fact, places them in the ame
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policy foreign relations. if you do collaborate with actors from latin america, i suppose you work with the embassies here and try to coordinate or whatever, but the two sectors you mentioned, civil society and business. so, i would be particularly interested in business people from mexico, chile, do they have an agenda? do they try to have an agenda here? or are they completely absent from this process? there are big corporations in latin america and i suppose they would have interests that they tried to promote. that was my question. and then my comment is that i've been here three weeks, and the most recurrent comment or concern is that policymakers and the public in general in the u.s. simply don't see how important mexico and latin america is. it has been an issue for -- i've been attending here -- how come there are no -- what is going on? why don't they see the elephant in the room more or less? or was it different before? is this something new? more important before 2001, before 9/11, or i can tell by
policy foreign relations. if you do collaborate with actors from latin america, i suppose you work with the embassies here and try to coordinate or whatever, but the two sectors you mentioned, civil society and business. so, i would be particularly interested in business people from mexico, chile, do they have an agenda? do they try to have an agenda here? or are they completely absent from this process? there are big corporations in latin america and i suppose they would have interests that...
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foreign policy. it needs new allies. and specifically, it needs new allies among these emerging powers. the countries that are going to be the global superpowers of tomorrow. so in the book i argue that there is no more natural partner for the united states among these emerging regions than latin america. the geography's important be, but it's not just geography. socially and culturally, we are actually very similar, more similar probably than the united states and any other emerging region. and, of course, this is a hemisphere where democracy is the norm. but at a time when the united states needs this more than ever, its influence in the region has never been lower. and the principle reason for that is because the united states voluntarily withdrew from latin america after 9/11. now, i don't want to say yes that before 9/11 everyone in the united states was very engaged with latin america, but it went in cycles and waves so in the 1990s you saw a wave of interest around the time of the signing of t
foreign policy. it needs new allies. and specifically, it needs new allies among these emerging powers. the countries that are going to be the global superpowers of tomorrow. so in the book i argue that there is no more natural partner for the united states among these emerging regions than latin america. the geography's important be, but it's not just geography. socially and culturally, we are actually very similar, more similar probably than the united states and any other emerging region....
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foreign policy coming u.s. domestic policy and particular economic policy. the court system, the military, corporate influence over american life and so on. most of this is very astute and i've learned much from reading these studies. but two things in particular are lacking in my opinion. and we have a hard time making it into the public eye partly because americans are not trained to think of a holistic or synthetic fashion, and partly because it's the sort of analysis i have in mind is too close to the bone. it's very difficult for americans to hear, and somebody would say i didn't know. the first thing is the integration of the various factors that have done the country in. these studies tend to be institution specific as though the institution under examination existed in a kind of document could really be understood, apart from other institutions. the second thing is the relationships with the culture at large. for the values and beavers americans manifest on a daily basis. as a result, these critiques are superficial. they don't really go to the root
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exceptional some can be the engine for imperial foreign policy. is the sense that america has a special role to play, of his income is back to the founding of the nation that leads to a tremendous amount of global activity. >> i was saying about those linked. >> let me be upon the first part of your premise. rahway's and isolationist nation we tell ourselves the smith. we sit here minding our business and people do things to us are there are evil people who hijack our foreign policy. the truth is the as states was not an isolationist power. we started off as a strip of lightly inhabited colonies along the coast of the atlantic and steadily for roughly 400 years expanded our word. if you want to call that an isolationist nation, don't really think that's true. this is why i don't really worry about that. we had one clear isolationist with regard to your preferable or one. thankfully relentless and. >> grosso before world war one. >> no, we warn. >> recently had no desire. >> at least if you want to make this argument yet to talk about the 31898 tim
exceptional some can be the engine for imperial foreign policy. is the sense that america has a special role to play, of his income is back to the founding of the nation that leads to a tremendous amount of global activity. >> i was saying about those linked. >> let me be upon the first part of your premise. rahway's and isolationist nation we tell ourselves the smith. we sit here minding our business and people do things to us are there are evil people who hijack our foreign...
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that is not a strategically to think about foreign policy. as i said in my presentation, if you think about the united states role in the decades to come, you don't have the government run by small groups. that is the wrong way to do stuff. cuba is a symbol. it doesn't really matter to anyone outside cuba whether there is an embargo or not. it imitates a kind of an approach to the region, which is, here is what we are trying to do, and then we'll talk. >> this is just a quick comment on the security council. it is a difficult challenge for the u.s. and brazil to deal with mexico. it is not simple for the u.s., as an policy choice. i totally agree with you with the war on drugs. then we have domestic issues. i agree with you that the u.s. policy with cuba is captured by domestic interests. it is also run by a cuban regime. in recent mike, [inaudible] in discussing cuba, you brought up a point about the two latin american countries not being able to get along. a couple of things before the september 11, attacks, -- they still chose to punish cu
that is not a strategically to think about foreign policy. as i said in my presentation, if you think about the united states role in the decades to come, you don't have the government run by small groups. that is the wrong way to do stuff. cuba is a symbol. it doesn't really matter to anyone outside cuba whether there is an embargo or not. it imitates a kind of an approach to the region, which is, here is what we are trying to do, and then we'll talk. >> this is just a quick comment on...
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they have to deal with some fairly deep seated use of foreign policy and international relations and first and foremost the russians for america and the west have miscalculated to syria with the effect of the fall of the al asad regime is great to give rise to the democracy the west is mistaken about what is going to happen is the rise of a hostile sunni islamist regime and the west is naive and the russians are not my leave beano with a screen to happen but they don't really know what is going to happen. if you are getting the book that cannot in english not long ago he i think makes this argument that the whole moscow's support for the nationalist regime he argues from the beginning is misunderstood by america that the russians understood in this kind of regime open this radicalism down and that no matter how bad the regime might be and what is going to come afterwards. what this reflects about the prospect for democracy in the middle east of course they don't see it as being a prospect for russia either and they don't believe that democracy takes place in the united states either.
they have to deal with some fairly deep seated use of foreign policy and international relations and first and foremost the russians for america and the west have miscalculated to syria with the effect of the fall of the al asad regime is great to give rise to the democracy the west is mistaken about what is going to happen is the rise of a hostile sunni islamist regime and the west is naive and the russians are not my leave beano with a screen to happen but they don't really know what is going...
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he is a one-man show on foreign policy. he has people to work closely with the bush administration, representatives there is a classic republican establishment, what we would think of as liberal international. clearly he is coming down more on the side of what we think of as the second part of the bush administration, which is to say he is embracing the idea that there is rule for american values. >> host: if you would like to join the policy about campaign 2012, or is the number to call. democrats, (#20)258-5380, independents (#02)585-3882 let's take a listen to mitt romney, yesterday, outlining some of his foreign-policy ideas. >> i want to believe him that the tide is receiving more than anyone else. with extremist on the mark and our ambassador dad, i know that the president hopes for a more prosperous middle east wind with us. i share this hope. we cannot support our friends and be our enemies in the middle east middle east wonderworks are not backed up by aids. when our defense spending is being arbitrarily and deeply
he is a one-man show on foreign policy. he has people to work closely with the bush administration, representatives there is a classic republican establishment, what we would think of as liberal international. clearly he is coming down more on the side of what we think of as the second part of the bush administration, which is to say he is embracing the idea that there is rule for american values. >> host: if you would like to join the policy about campaign 2012, or is the number to call....
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the leaders, this new leaders and new international surrounding foreign policy, chinese foreign policy should catch up, should be more sophisticated. this with pressure on domestic issues, the new team may struggle to find the time for foreign strategy. over time, it is a new foreign policy. the u.s.-china relations, in the past two years, china and the united states have become more and more competitive and distrustful, media articles and reports. observers have alleged that china's more assertive in foreign affairs, started acting less restrained after 2008. if we watch closely, the competition and the mistrust in china and the united states are actually embodied more sentiments -- sentimentally. looking at the united states, we can find that china is a place for winning votes, but public rhetoric, washington, media that are not necessarily responsible media. they are not, i think, responsible for what they have. i think both try and understand they need to show a tough -- they just needed to show a tough face to the public. leaders in the two countries have to work their ways from t
the leaders, this new leaders and new international surrounding foreign policy, chinese foreign policy should catch up, should be more sophisticated. this with pressure on domestic issues, the new team may struggle to find the time for foreign strategy. over time, it is a new foreign policy. the u.s.-china relations, in the past two years, china and the united states have become more and more competitive and distrustful, media articles and reports. observers have alleged that china's more...
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as long as they left him strategy and foreign-policy. but the floodgates of fundamental religious zionism again opened with the conquest of east jerusalem in 1967. why? because this is the first time since titus and hadrian, the jewish soldiers, were walking on the temple mount. zionist religious triumphalism took off at that point. and episode will illustrate this. as soon as the temple mount had fallen, the chief rabbi of the israeli army, the chief rabbi of the israeli army, rushed to the site and took the israeli commander on the spot by his lapels. do it now, do it now. he was saying do what now? and the man said blow up the two mosques. blow them up. this is the time to do it. it can be done with 100 pounds of tnt. he had actually threatened to put the chief rabbi in jail if he did not stop this nonsense. such was the feeling of triumphalism. it is not a coincidence, it is not the coincidence the likud and the mujahideen appeared after 1967. the first in 1973 and the second in 1974. and it is not a coincidence that the first right-
as long as they left him strategy and foreign-policy. but the floodgates of fundamental religious zionism again opened with the conquest of east jerusalem in 1967. why? because this is the first time since titus and hadrian, the jewish soldiers, were walking on the temple mount. zionist religious triumphalism took off at that point. and episode will illustrate this. as soon as the temple mount had fallen, the chief rabbi of the israeli army, the chief rabbi of the israeli army, rushed to the...
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our editor is the editor in chief of foreign policy magazine. >> can you hear me? no? okay. likud news is no opening statements. [laughter] this is a terrific opportunity to have a conversation what do we make of it? was not throw more numbers that take as a given the new age of relative new america and is upon us. let's unpack the geopolitical implications. speculation is the sort we all excel. i will not slow us down with long introductions but we do have my goal, mr. sieminski from the u.s. energy information administration, edward morrice from citi group and edward zhao -- . [laughter] rabin west and edward chow from dead strategic studies and also john hofmeister ceo of citizens for affordable energy. now with this group where we agree and where we disagree. i will ask ahead and moors who said this new age of abundance makes america look like the new middle east what is your speed levin when this comes on line? >> you don't want numbers but i have to give some. with 3% of gdp but when you cannot avoid it is no longer a significant issue and has been argued with the defi
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, foreign policy, healthcare. it will be interesting to see if in the final weeks of the campaign the senator does really run for lee and aggressively as statesmen of the senate. let me stop there and i would be glad to take any questions you might have or comments too. so thank you very much. go up t hakim june 20th. sir this project? >> he was running unopposed. the republican president. one of the challenges of this book one of the real challenges is even though you have senator lugar who had a pretty steady career, the political landscape around him has been shifting constantly. it has been moved like hitting a moving target. his career has been pretty steady. political circumstances surrounding him have changed considerably. >> it probably doesn't fit in with your statement approach but you mentioned briefly the agriculture committee and back in the 80s i know he did a job on jesse helms sir he could get the foreign relations. he has been very active there and has the freedom to farm act. corn and beans went
, foreign policy, healthcare. it will be interesting to see if in the final weeks of the campaign the senator does really run for lee and aggressively as statesmen of the senate. let me stop there and i would be glad to take any questions you might have or comments too. so thank you very much. go up t hakim june 20th. sir this project? >> he was running unopposed. the republican president. one of the challenges of this book one of the real challenges is even though you have senator lugar...
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we think in terms of foreign policy as liberal internationalism, realism, neoconservatism but we haven't thought of global politics which is now transnational. american lawyers are going to international courts to try to indict american airmen for transnational politics. the new face of politics we need a rethinking of world politics. we have to recognize the global governance is a player and a hostile player. now, a few points and closing, one thing i want to say is that the american trend, there's many american trans nationalists and we may see america as to lead the way to sort of adopt the global project as their own project and have america share as the determining the european union. so sharing sovereignty with others and demonstrate leadership. how? by subordinating the supranational legal regime. america's got to lead globally. everything is subordinated. everything is falling the global leadership. but those that promote, americans that promote the global governance say this is in our interest in its consistent with our values because we are the strongest power today but we are
we think in terms of foreign policy as liberal internationalism, realism, neoconservatism but we haven't thought of global politics which is now transnational. american lawyers are going to international courts to try to indict american airmen for transnational politics. the new face of politics we need a rethinking of world politics. we have to recognize the global governance is a player and a hostile player. now, a few points and closing, one thing i want to say is that the american trend,...
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foreign policy. two of the panelists serve as co-chairs of the latino task force, a group created to recommend policy options to president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney. the wilson center's mexico institute and the pacific council on international policy hosts the live event. our deliver coverage underway now here on c-span2. >> and on behalf of the woodrow wilson center, very happy to be working at pacific council. very lucky to have with us two extraordinary leaders. you have the bios for both of them, but let me say briefly -- [inaudible] has been leading businessman, ceo and head of telecom companies in europe, in the pacific and asia as well as in the united states, has a distinguished career in business, as well as a leader at bipartisan initiatives across the aisle between republicans and democrats. antonio hernandez leads no introduction, the long-time president of the california community foundation, former counsel to the senate judiciary committee and has served in
foreign policy. two of the panelists serve as co-chairs of the latino task force, a group created to recommend policy options to president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney. the wilson center's mexico institute and the pacific council on international policy hosts the live event. our deliver coverage underway now here on c-span2. >> and on behalf of the woodrow wilson center, very happy to be working at pacific council. very lucky to have with us two extraordinary...
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, foreign policy and health care. will be interesting to see if the coming and final weeks of the campaign, the senators does run fully and aggressively by state senator senate. i'd be glad to take any questions i'd be glad to take any questions i'd be glad to take any questions are a match. questions from anyone? it think if you would go to the microphone or pass the microphone down it would be great. thank you. >> when did you actually started this project specifically about five years ago was it quite >> i start in the fall 2006. my first trip was in the fall of 2006 in which he was running unopposed. so that was -- you just show you how the political world shifted at this time he was running unopposed and was chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. there is a republican president. so one of the challenges of this book, the real challenges even though you're someone like senator lugar who has a pretty steady career, the political landscape around him has been shifting constantly and it's been trying to
, foreign policy and health care. will be interesting to see if the coming and final weeks of the campaign, the senators does run fully and aggressively by state senator senate. i'd be glad to take any questions i'd be glad to take any questions i'd be glad to take any questions are a match. questions from anyone? it think if you would go to the microphone or pass the microphone down it would be great. thank you. >> when did you actually started this project specifically about five years...
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, foreign policy, health care, et cetera. it will be very interesting to see if in the coming the senator does run fully and aggressively a statesman of the senate. so let me just stop there and i would be glad to take any questions you might have for any comments on the campaign. said thank you very much. [applause] questions from anyone? i think ebert got to the microphone and pass the microphone around, that would be great. thank you. >> when did you actually start on this project specifically? about five years ago was that? >> my first trip to the senator was in the fall of 2006 in which he was running unopposed. so that was -- she just so you have the political world shifted, at that time he was running unopposed, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. republican president. and actually one of the challenges of this book, one of the real challenge is this even though you have senator lugar who has had a pretty steady career, political landscape around them has been shifting constantly and it's been trying to
, foreign policy, health care, et cetera. it will be very interesting to see if in the coming the senator does run fully and aggressively a statesman of the senate. so let me just stop there and i would be glad to take any questions you might have for any comments on the campaign. said thank you very much. [applause] questions from anyone? i think ebert got to the microphone and pass the microphone around, that would be great. thank you. >> when did you actually start on this project...
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everyone says he's a good foreign-policy president but no one thinks that matters now so what have you got left? this guy is wide open on the cultural social issues as we found out later. if you're going after this, i think they would have one. the truth is, you cannot tell a candidate to do something that is not in their gut, because they will mess it up and they will run away from it. i remember in 76 i had worked for the agnew speeches and things intimate yet and we attacked the media and we have really clobbered them. nixon won 49 states in they came to me and said pat we are really getting beat up. i said i think so and then i said no, because it doesn't end here. somebody will give him a speech and he will read it and they will start pounding on him. so he ran away from it and that is what they did with the culture wars. >> thank you very much. >> is it my turn? my brother was with barry at the manhattan centered center and 62. would you talk about young americans and the freedom and the new guard in your role in that? did you ever reconcile with buckley later in life? question i
everyone says he's a good foreign-policy president but no one thinks that matters now so what have you got left? this guy is wide open on the cultural social issues as we found out later. if you're going after this, i think they would have one. the truth is, you cannot tell a candidate to do something that is not in their gut, because they will mess it up and they will run away from it. i remember in 76 i had worked for the agnew speeches and things intimate yet and we attacked the media and we...
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he became a foreign policy here. it was a very thoughtful speech. i don't want to ruin his chances for getting him a ticket. it wasn't while the different from a speech that i can imagine coming out of the department of state or the white house, making a few amendments. this is a good thing. i and others have expressed some dismay about the polarization of our politics and breakdown of civil discourse but i do think there has been a shaking out process. if you look at the field of republican candidates this is truly non-partisan comment because i am making it entirely about the republicans. there were two candidates who many americans including independents and some democrats who were disappointed or disillusioned in their party this year. depending -- i am referring to ambassador/governor huntsman and those two were by far the most -- that is what the process delivered which is a good thing and let's see if the process can continue this business of reconciliation. tough issues facing the next president will be domestic and economic. >> the question
he became a foreign policy here. it was a very thoughtful speech. i don't want to ruin his chances for getting him a ticket. it wasn't while the different from a speech that i can imagine coming out of the department of state or the white house, making a few amendments. this is a good thing. i and others have expressed some dismay about the polarization of our politics and breakdown of civil discourse but i do think there has been a shaking out process. if you look at the field of republican...
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the candidates on the republican side do not really want to talk about foreign policy partly because of the legacy of the bush administration and partly because barack obama has done a pretty good job. osama bin laden is gone. the present has a much better reputation around the world than george bush -- the president has a much better reputation around the world than george bush. they want to try to say that he is always apologizingor america. they made fun of his foreign trips to places like india and indonesia. they had these absurd comments like with herman cain. they asked him about whose pakistan. instead of having a thought about that part of the world, he said i am not going to pretend to know about the country. it is not a joke. it is the country right to the north of pakistan and afghanistan. we have to send hillary clinton and make deals with basically a stain-like a dictator in the country. -- a stalin-like dictator in the country. publican candidates idea is to make fun of it, that it is cool not to know anything. it is dangerous for america. we need to have a conversatio
the candidates on the republican side do not really want to talk about foreign policy partly because of the legacy of the bush administration and partly because barack obama has done a pretty good job. osama bin laden is gone. the present has a much better reputation around the world than george bush -- the president has a much better reputation around the world than george bush. they want to try to say that he is always apologizingor america. they made fun of his foreign trips to places like...
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of our actual foreign policy. but that's okay we have interest as a country and problems can't always be at the top during the soviet period. we were very concerned about human rights but also about the missiles. lamb are doing is this remains true but it's taken on a sharpened as aliens because the world is very religious whether you and i like it or not is irrelevant whether the diplomats like it or not is irrelevant. it is religious and our job is to -- our job as american diplomats is to engage the world in the american interest so to answer your question of historical es played a rhetorical role in the foreign policy and the rhetoric there is nothing but along with in fact there is good but it's had a presidential speeches and speeches by secretaries of state or important. so in my team look to be we are not doing enough in terms of concrete planning policy actually to get fans religious freedom on the ground. we got a lot of words, some of them are fine. we don't have enough action. >> why did you refer to t
of our actual foreign policy. but that's okay we have interest as a country and problems can't always be at the top during the soviet period. we were very concerned about human rights but also about the missiles. lamb are doing is this remains true but it's taken on a sharpened as aliens because the world is very religious whether you and i like it or not is irrelevant whether the diplomats like it or not is irrelevant. it is religious and our job is to -- our job as american diplomats is to...
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policy or in foreign aid, etc. and the answer is that neither party's wing that is excessively critical of israel and unwilling to support measures for israel has had any impact on the policy process whatever. and when people take credit for the fact that obama has become more pro-israel, i think we're talking about an elephant stick. an elephant stick is a guy walking around central park with a big stick, and people say what is that for, he said that's to keep away the elephants. and they say, well, there are no elephants. and he says, yes, because my stick worked. [laughter] i don't think obama needed that. again, even during the time when people were interpreting his speeches that way, i -- from the beginning of this administration on foreign aid and everything else, i have seen no actions taken by the obama administration or anything less than fully supportive of israel's legitimate needs. >> let me ask another foreign policy question. across the wider region of the middle east, over the last 16 months we've se
policy or in foreign aid, etc. and the answer is that neither party's wing that is excessively critical of israel and unwilling to support measures for israel has had any impact on the policy process whatever. and when people take credit for the fact that obama has become more pro-israel, i think we're talking about an elephant stick. an elephant stick is a guy walking around central park with a big stick, and people say what is that for, he said that's to keep away the elephants. and they say,...
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one of them spoke to foreign policy. touched a little at the beginning but how do you describe your foreign policy? how should america face or approach the world? >> guest: well, just that we shouldn't involve ourselves diplomatically. we should be the shining beacon on the hill. but our military interventions, would we're going in and determining -- we're replacing one dictator for another dictator? foreign aid is money spent on dictators in foreign governments. it's not spent on people in other countries. it's spent on propping up other governments. here we are funding funding fune insurgents in syria, and a quart of the insurgents are supposed to be al qaeda? didn't we do this in afghanistan? didn't we really ultimately bank role osama bin laden? we haven't learned anything. what we aught -- ought to have learned is military interventions make enemies to the united states of people that are affected by these. these drone strikes? yeah, we hit the target but we wipe out another quarter block. we kill tens of thousands
one of them spoke to foreign policy. touched a little at the beginning but how do you describe your foreign policy? how should america face or approach the world? >> guest: well, just that we shouldn't involve ourselves diplomatically. we should be the shining beacon on the hill. but our military interventions, would we're going in and determining -- we're replacing one dictator for another dictator? foreign aid is money spent on dictators in foreign governments. it's not spent on people...
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foreign policy. and i'm delighted to welcome the foreign secretary here, um, as the key witness. it's the fifth time he's given evidence to us in this parliament. the last time was in march of this year. can i, also, welcome his two colleagues, david quarry who's the director of the mideast/north africa division and matthew rye cough who's the operations manager. gentlemen, thank you very much for coming this morning. foreign security, as you might imagine, there's a heck of a lot we could be going through here, and very much want to focus on syria, iran and afghanistan. but we think in light of developments in the last 24 hours of afghanistan, we might start with afghanistan. can i ask the very essential question as to the extent to which you were aware of nato's decision to change the strategy, um, in afghanistan to deal with the, um, the -- have i got this right -- green on blue -- >> green on blue, yeah. well, there hasn't been any change in strategy on this. um, obviously, this is primarily for the defense secretary to speak about. but, of course, i've been discussing it wit
foreign policy. and i'm delighted to welcome the foreign secretary here, um, as the key witness. it's the fifth time he's given evidence to us in this parliament. the last time was in march of this year. can i, also, welcome his two colleagues, david quarry who's the director of the mideast/north africa division and matthew rye cough who's the operations manager. gentlemen, thank you very much for coming this morning. foreign security, as you might imagine, there's a heck of a lot we could be...
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two, the dream of our military and foreign-policy elites for global domination and three, the dream of the ordinary american for are rising living standard. now, one out of three. to add a three maybe. three of three, no way. now, you turn on the tv at night and read the newspapers in the morning. the pundits and politicians are talking about this grand bargain that must be made between liberals and conservatives, republicans and democrats about taxes, the budget. and it's all couched in the future of american. well, my first point here is that the bargain is already made the deal has already been struck that is of the three great dreams, the one that's going to go, the one that's going to go is the living standards of the american working middle-class. this is not, as rich said, just about the current recession. for those of you, you know that at the end of world war ii wages and benefits in the united states, real wages kept calling up year after year after year after year. we peaked about 1979 kaj and since then they have been flat. this doesn't mean that no one ever got a raise bet
two, the dream of our military and foreign-policy elites for global domination and three, the dream of the ordinary american for are rising living standard. now, one out of three. to add a three maybe. three of three, no way. now, you turn on the tv at night and read the newspapers in the morning. the pundits and politicians are talking about this grand bargain that must be made between liberals and conservatives, republicans and democrats about taxes, the budget. and it's all couched in the...
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foreign-policy. do you feel that u.s. foreign-policy is sort of the same whether you have a republican or democrat in the white house? do you see any change happening let's save a mitt romney becomes the next president of the united states and how we deal with iran? >> change for the worse is much more probable than likely then change for the better. but i would agree with you that obviously there is bureaucratic inertia and there is institutions that are going to take a tremendous amount of willpower to be able to change. i think perhaps one of the mistakes, shortcomings, of this massive movement behind obama that by now probably is quite disappointing and they were hoping for other things, is that a lot of organizations, a lot of the grassroots kind of took a vacation once obama was in office. there was a belief perhaps that you know, he is there and he is going to take care of it and they won't have access as the opponents of obama sought, as the bureaucrats who prefer the status quo and obama fails to reactivate the d
foreign-policy. do you feel that u.s. foreign-policy is sort of the same whether you have a republican or democrat in the white house? do you see any change happening let's save a mitt romney becomes the next president of the united states and how we deal with iran? >> change for the worse is much more probable than likely then change for the better. but i would agree with you that obviously there is bureaucratic inertia and there is institutions that are going to take a tremendous amount...
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foreign policy is essential for the u.s. senate. it is the foreign policy board of the country. i think it is disingenuous to blame bush for the wars she voted for. >> moderator: you grouter challenge. cantwell: the issue is joe biden a great vice president said if we are going to go to war, we should pay for it. i voted along with him and many of my other colleagues. because we can't continue to put our country in to debt by not financing those actions. i want to bring our troops home from afghanistan as the president ask and bring them home from iraq. then we can move our country forward. >> moderator: thank you very much. >> the second one? >> moderator: here's a point we can't fight wars we can't pay for. they haven't paid for. we have $16 trillion in debt. proi pose something that would help pay for the wars. i roads a one penny tax on gasoline that would be temporary at the time we had 1,000 troops in hostile conflict zone. that's paying for the war. senator hasn't done what she said needs to be done. >> moderator: we're going to move on then. cantwell: we'll get our chall
foreign policy is essential for the u.s. senate. it is the foreign policy board of the country. i think it is disingenuous to blame bush for the wars she voted for. >> moderator: you grouter challenge. cantwell: the issue is joe biden a great vice president said if we are going to go to war, we should pay for it. i voted along with him and many of my other colleagues. because we can't continue to put our country in to debt by not financing those actions. i want to bring our troops home...
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you talk about foreign policy as being at least two ideas or and although she's in play and i would be interested -- i keep on thinking that you are a vietnam analogy by and we must stand tough but you wouldn't subscribe to that. >> it's a special representation in the first place which dominates the rest of the book and in vietnam i think you have to take them both together. you cannot be in munich or vietnam. munich is an ethnology that tends to thrive when the country has been in peace and prosperity for long enough it feels it can do anything. it feels it can intervene on behalf of subject and oppressed people around the world and it doesn't think about the cost it hasn't had to pay the cost for several decades now. vietnam is about taking care of one's own the and paying attention to how things can go wrong despite the best of intentions. if he were a total vietnam person you will be such a realist that would be crude you wouldn't have anything on the interest and to the nation requires ideals for the self identity to define itself. if you are only emunim person you will be interv
you talk about foreign policy as being at least two ideas or and although she's in play and i would be interested -- i keep on thinking that you are a vietnam analogy by and we must stand tough but you wouldn't subscribe to that. >> it's a special representation in the first place which dominates the rest of the book and in vietnam i think you have to take them both together. you cannot be in munich or vietnam. munich is an ethnology that tends to thrive when the country has been in peace...
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foreign-policy goals. the third critique, which has emerged sort of, and i will call it the post-9/11 critique, says actually us-born assistant isn't tied enough to u.s. foreign-policy goals and the paramount u.s. foreign-policy goal is a post-9/11 era in keeping ourselves safe from terrorism and violent extremism and therefore all money that was spent and all the programs we need to have need to be looked at through the lens of how are they helping produce societies around the world that are less likely to produce -- terrorist threats. at each one of those critiques as i say has some elements of truth to it, and i think the aids community and the people who love but have spent too much time wishing each of those critiques away, frankly, even though each of them is i believe fundamentally wrong. but they suggest also some real confusion about what aid actually is. what it is, what it isn't, what it does, what is supposed to do and what we are promising the american people and what we are promising the reci
foreign-policy goals. the third critique, which has emerged sort of, and i will call it the post-9/11 critique, says actually us-born assistant isn't tied enough to u.s. foreign-policy goals and the paramount u.s. foreign-policy goal is a post-9/11 era in keeping ourselves safe from terrorism and violent extremism and therefore all money that was spent and all the programs we need to have need to be looked at through the lens of how are they helping produce societies around the world that are...
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arm not only for economic policy but a foreign-policy. how do you operate in a world with players who are operating and its different -- >> we do spend quite a bit of time thinking about this. it's not all about china. there are issues with other countries like russia, but not just the two. the lines are really blurred in terms of where the state and capital and corporate interest begins for many countries. at the state department, we have really tried to create mechanisms through multilateral institutions like the oecd that has come up with a platform for competitive neutrality which looks at the different ways the government can act to subsidize or to give favor to their own state-owned or state run -- and provide recommendations for engaging in a platform of competitive neutrality. it's a different way of thinking about the challenges and it's something that is not just the u.s. they are concerned about. we have a lot of other countries out there that are similarly looking at rising powers, who are using tools that we don't necessarily
arm not only for economic policy but a foreign-policy. how do you operate in a world with players who are operating and its different -- >> we do spend quite a bit of time thinking about this. it's not all about china. there are issues with other countries like russia, but not just the two. the lines are really blurred in terms of where the state and capital and corporate interest begins for many countries. at the state department, we have really tried to create mechanisms through...
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ambiguity to foreign policy. so when we announce to iran or to the world that we will never, ever contain iran, it's an announcement that the bombs will be dropping if we ever hear that they're a nuclear power. i don't think -- i don't think we should say automatically we're willing to accept them as a nuclear power but i don't think we should automatically say there will be a preemptive war with iran. now, everybody's been bragging, they say, oh, everybody in the senate is for this. everybody's not. i'm not for this. i may be alone on this. but interestingly, if you travel to israel, there's a very spirited debate on this. meyer dagan, the head of the mossad cares deeply about israel, would not be accused of being a shrinking violet. he's done many things to prevent iran from having a nuclear weapon. he's worried what happens the minute the bombs start dropping on iran. where do you think the next bombs come? on tel aviv. not in the u.s. if you live in tel aviv, you might have some concerns over what happens and
ambiguity to foreign policy. so when we announce to iran or to the world that we will never, ever contain iran, it's an announcement that the bombs will be dropping if we ever hear that they're a nuclear power. i don't think -- i don't think we should say automatically we're willing to accept them as a nuclear power but i don't think we should automatically say there will be a preemptive war with iran. now, everybody's been bragging, they say, oh, everybody in the senate is for this....
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she was going to bosnia a few weeks later to look to what was going on on the foreign policy position. but she took it as a personal question you could almost see interface to redress that she and bob dole have never had a child. she said we'd never have children. it was really just an abstract kind of question. the next day the media said she's not ready for the campaign trail because she's not talking like a kennedy. she's talking to this person away. all of a sudden within three weeks, her campaign had folded. i think michael dukakis problem in terms of presidential debates that he was asked whether he would do, he gave a lawyerly and their, a defense of his opposition to capital punishment. all of a sudden we said this and this guy have a human side of all? it's one of those things we see into the capabilities of the year of the individual. al gore because those he's been pointed out as the serial exaggerator. any one of those stories you could explain away he'd never said he invented the internet. he said he helped create the internet. and then to have the perception of being in
she was going to bosnia a few weeks later to look to what was going on on the foreign policy position. but she took it as a personal question you could almost see interface to redress that she and bob dole have never had a child. she said we'd never have children. it was really just an abstract kind of question. the next day the media said she's not ready for the campaign trail because she's not talking like a kennedy. she's talking to this person away. all of a sudden within three weeks, her...
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foreign policy. do you feel that u.s. foreign policy is the same whether you have republican or democrat in the white house? do you see any change should mitt romney be the next president of the united states in how we deal with iran? >> change for the worse is more likely than change for the better. i would agree with you. obviously there is bureaucratic inertia and institutions that are going to take a tremendous amount of willpower. one of the mistakes, shortcomings of this massive movement. they were hoping for other things. a lot of the grassroots kind of took a vacation once obama was in office. there was a belief that he is going to take care of this. bureaucrats who prefer the status quo and obama failed to reactivate his grass-roots. we will not see any change. i don't believe it is quite possible, and this policy in the past has usually taken place during that time in which circumstances were different and the executive branch was stronger. it took place because there was a mass mobilization that was sustainable
foreign policy. do you feel that u.s. foreign policy is the same whether you have republican or democrat in the white house? do you see any change should mitt romney be the next president of the united states in how we deal with iran? >> change for the worse is more likely than change for the better. i would agree with you. obviously there is bureaucratic inertia and institutions that are going to take a tremendous amount of willpower. one of the mistakes, shortcomings of this massive...
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as well as the politics and foreign policy editor at slate. he goes to the foreign newsmagazine and when he was the managing editor of foreign policy magazine counted twice won the award for general excellence, which i can tell you with a good feat in itself and particularly impressive given that foreign policy is a relatively small circulation journal, not a deep-pocketed magazines like "vanity fair" or "esquire." both articles and essays have appeared in "the new york times," "washington post" and "wall street journal" and his provide analysis for abc, cnn, msnbc and npr. he's in washington d.c. her very happy to have them with us here today. [applause] the dictators learning curve is a look at an arms race, speaking metaphorically that dictators and democratic activist trying to overthrow and both sides have had to up their game in recent years. for those of you who think foreign policy is about trade agreements, arms treaties come arcing border disputes, let me assure you it's a lively read a stun dobson's travels across the world and the
as well as the politics and foreign policy editor at slate. he goes to the foreign newsmagazine and when he was the managing editor of foreign policy magazine counted twice won the award for general excellence, which i can tell you with a good feat in itself and particularly impressive given that foreign policy is a relatively small circulation journal, not a deep-pocketed magazines like "vanity fair" or "esquire." both articles and essays have appeared in "the new york...
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the critique of american foreign policy particularly of nuclear weapons during that period. the great histories that he wrote in the last half of his life. titles were not very important. i asked george once what title would you like to be remembered by and he said teacher. that sounds good to me. >> host: is years of activity? >> guest: astonishing because he would be 101 and active right up to the end. >> host: u.s. government -- >> guest: much briefer and not that brief. he was an officer from 1945-1950. he is ambassador in 1952 soviet union and gets kicked out. ambassador again in 61-63. yugoslavia. that doesn't go well either so he resigns and that is in as far as his government service is concerned. everything else was done in the private sphere. >> host: next call for john lewis gaddis from james in college park, maryland. >> caller: looking forward to getting your book. i am a big fan of george f. kennan. could you elaborate on his insights and observations of psychological makeup when he was in russia during the second world war? >> he was in russia for the last two
the critique of american foreign policy particularly of nuclear weapons during that period. the great histories that he wrote in the last half of his life. titles were not very important. i asked george once what title would you like to be remembered by and he said teacher. that sounds good to me. >> host: is years of activity? >> guest: astonishing because he would be 101 and active right up to the end. >> host: u.s. government -- >> guest: much briefer and not that...
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foreign policy with matthew lee of the associated press. and guy tailor with the washington "times". questioning the relevance the electial college. former wyoming senator will join us by phone to defend the college. and we'll look at trends and wages and benefits from the bureau of labor statistics and christopher a policy analyst with bloomberg government. washington journal is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. [applause] now secretary of state hillary clinton on energy and foreign policy at georgetown university. she spoke and the u.s. roll in sanctions on iran's oil industry and efforts to increase domestic and international oil production. it's a little less than an hour. [applause] >> i don't think i ever hear more noise in this room. length of[laughter] than right now. good morning and now. it's my great privilege to honor to welcome back to the hill top secretary of state hillary clinton. we have very proud to think of her as a hoya by marriage. [laughter] i'd also like to welcome ambassador carlos. the state department
foreign policy with matthew lee of the associated press. and guy tailor with the washington "times". questioning the relevance the electial college. former wyoming senator will join us by phone to defend the college. and we'll look at trends and wages and benefits from the bureau of labor statistics and christopher a policy analyst with bloomberg government. washington journal is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. [applause] now secretary of state hillary clinton on energy...
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issues such as the economy come of workplace policy, foreign policy and more. it appears that president obama and governor romney will provide the american public with a circus contrast since 1984, if not, 1964. every week in our magazine, "national journal" is going to be taking a look at the clash of ideas on policy. and an in depth look at each candidates vision for america and a broad range of public policy issues that are destined to serve help shape and define this election cycle. we will also have live events like this one lady at each candidates position, how they've evolved, shifted and changed at both the republican national convention at the democratic convention's in august and september respectively. we invite you to join us if you're down in each city. we are able to gather this morning due to the generous underwriting support of the society of human resource management, also known as churn. when we approach the idea of a series carefully comparing the candidates on the issues, the leadership immediately saw the value in it. so thank you to bob ca
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marco rubio's foreign-policy foreign policy is principled, patriotic and practical. it grows i believe from his own life's journey from tyranny to freedom, but also from his dedicated study of history and contemporary challenges. his foreign-policy, as i have come to know it, puts him in a crowd i've partisan tradition that links together our greatest republican presidents like ronald reagan and our greatest democratic president like harry s. truman. it is a tradition that recognizes that america is defined not by the land under our feet or even by the light in our veins, but by our founding values. first among them being freedom and equality of opportunity, whose promotion and protection will always be our first national purpose. it is a foreign-policy tradition that is bipartisan and idealistic, and recognizes that there is evil in the world that we should not need afraid to call it by its name, that we have enemies who cannot he negotiated into the peace, but must be confronted with our strength. and it is a bipartisan foreign-policy tradition that recognizes that
marco rubio's foreign-policy foreign policy is principled, patriotic and practical. it grows i believe from his own life's journey from tyranny to freedom, but also from his dedicated study of history and contemporary challenges. his foreign-policy, as i have come to know it, puts him in a crowd i've partisan tradition that links together our greatest republican presidents like ronald reagan and our greatest democratic president like harry s. truman. it is a tradition that recognizes that...
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establishment because the debate and discussion is largely a foreign-policy human rights debate and discussion and are in fact legitimate foreign-policy human rights issues associated with russia, not having to do with the wto pmt are. but the sooner the better. the administration stepped up. it's a bipartisan issue to congress on a bipartisan basis should use this. i should argenta have in fact argued in writing that it is in our interest commodious interest for foreign policy reasons. it's in russia's interests, referring reasons. it is an economic and commercial interests of both countries and i leave it at that and i think we've got plenty to talk about with this group. so thank you all for inviting us and for being here today. [applause] >> can i get some help appears so we can move this back to so we don't unplug it. good, thanks. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> all right. who wants to respond to what someone else said? i want you to respond to each other. no burning comments? chris. >> the mic is not on. [inaudible] >> naÏve thought it. [inaudible] >> -- what is the
establishment because the debate and discussion is largely a foreign-policy human rights debate and discussion and are in fact legitimate foreign-policy human rights issues associated with russia, not having to do with the wto pmt are. but the sooner the better. the administration stepped up. it's a bipartisan issue to congress on a bipartisan basis should use this. i should argenta have in fact argued in writing that it is in our interest commodious interest for foreign policy reasons. it's in...
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you can have any kind of foreign policy wonk. you can have any kind of country you want. you can have a country that puts people in cages for five, six years. no red cross secret. waterboarding, no gps. you can have this kind of country. we have so much to offer. this is a great country. and instead of sharing, instead of reaching out, we are lashing out. and we are never, ever -- we have become the thing we hate. we are dropping bombs on crowded cities at night, were old people and children are sleeping. and we think we are going to get on with the rest of our lives. turn it upside -- turn it reverse. imagine somebody coming in with an unmanned aerial vehicle. where's the dollar here? you've got a man in a cave somewhere in either suburban washington. i think we have in nevada, sits there with the joystick looking at the tv monitor. there they are. and we are killing children. and this is on obama's watch. we have to get rid of the drones. the drones will be banned. and sooner or later, it will happen and i want my president to make the first call on it. postcode which i
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policy leading from behind and americans are tired in terms of the foreign policy. that is and what a leader does decide. we have a crisis in the euro that could bring down the u.s. economy. we have a joblessness crisis. there are a lot of causes the president could pick the would resonate with the public and champion them instead of taking the obscure dates from the progress of wish list like the health care reform. >> host: we only have a few minutes left. tell us about your biggest conclusions and what you might do next. >> guest: well, you write a book to have a good question for a year or so. you want to spend some time really thinking and this book is a great surprise to me. i was expecting to find something very different. i was expecting to find a much more determined leader, someone who indicates a new generation of american politics. if you look at the debates in 2008 between john mccain and barack obama use of a hobbled dwarf speaking at a war that injured 40 years ago that no one was talking about who spoke in the language of the u.s. senate this resolut
policy leading from behind and americans are tired in terms of the foreign policy. that is and what a leader does decide. we have a crisis in the euro that could bring down the u.s. economy. we have a joblessness crisis. there are a lot of causes the president could pick the would resonate with the public and champion them instead of taking the obscure dates from the progress of wish list like the health care reform. >> host: we only have a few minutes left. tell us about your biggest...
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foreign policy? >> guest: historically it has played a muted role. part of our policy. we always stood for human rights. sometimes more rhetorically than in terms of our actual foreign policy, but that's okay. we have interests as a country, every country does, and human rights, while important to us, can't always be at the top. during the soviet period, we were very concerned about human rights but we were also concerned about those missiles. what i'm arguing is this remains true with religious freedom, but it has taken on a -- whether you and i like it or not its irrelevant whether american diplomats like it or not. rather the point, it is religious, and our job as american diplomaats is to engage the world with american interests. if religious plays a part, nothing wrong with -- sometimes its good. ideas have consequences, speeches, particularly presidential speeches, and speeches by secretaries of state are important but they have to be followed by policies, and my argument in this book is we aren't doing enough in terms of concrete strategic planning, policy develo
foreign policy? >> guest: historically it has played a muted role. part of our policy. we always stood for human rights. sometimes more rhetorically than in terms of our actual foreign policy, but that's okay. we have interests as a country, every country does, and human rights, while important to us, can't always be at the top. during the soviet period, we were very concerned about human rights but we were also concerned about those missiles. what i'm arguing is this remains true with...
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foreign policy. you know, it's about getting rid of so and so and so, and the same thing happened in iraq and iran, and this or that person or this or that system, but, unfortunately, there's never any thought into what is going to come after so if we get rid of the government and support the organization, and, you know, just imagine that. do you think in the long run it's going to get beerer? it's about thinking ahead and not just seeing the front of our noses. thank you. >> thank you.Ñi >> the staff had to make the plan for the division without considering the atomic bomb. it was estimated that the land would cost $700,000, and 250,000 youngsters and 500,000 of them named for life. >> as harry truman's grand sop, in the middle of this, i choose to honor both, both the sacrifice and the sacrifice that the american men fought through the specific, and of a little girl like sadoko who died as a result of the atomic bombing. unimaginable what that must have. like to be close to that, to the center whe
foreign policy. you know, it's about getting rid of so and so and so, and the same thing happened in iraq and iran, and this or that person or this or that system, but, unfortunately, there's never any thought into what is going to come after so if we get rid of the government and support the organization, and, you know, just imagine that. do you think in the long run it's going to get beerer? it's about thinking ahead and not just seeing the front of our noses. thank you. >> thank...
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obama's reelection and what is on the foreign policy agenda for the president. plus, your e-mails, phone calls, and tweets. "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> you're watching c-span2 weekdays featuring live coverage of u.s. senate. on weeknights, watch key public policy events and every weekend, the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and and get our schedules at her website, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> next, a discussion on gender issues. columbia professor patricia williams was joined by darlene never and salon.com rebecca traister. they talked about reproductive rights and pay equity. this is two hours and 10 minutes. [applause] >> we are very, very formalizes institute. [laughter] okay, i'm getting the sign. i am delighted to welcome you to the state of the union, gender, sexuality, and the 2012 election. this event is one of our events this year celebrating the 20th anniversary of the institute and we are delighted that you can all come out and that we can have our
obama's reelection and what is on the foreign policy agenda for the president. plus, your e-mails, phone calls, and tweets. "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> you're watching c-span2 weekdays featuring live coverage of u.s. senate. on weeknights, watch key public policy events and every weekend, the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and and get our schedules at her website, and you can join in the conversation on social...
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and if you ever read a times editorial of the military, foreign policy, or international finance, there is a good chance david had a hand in it. he got a historian's training to his journalism having earned a ph.d. from the university of texas at austin and his provocative new book "the emergency state americas pursuit of absolute security at all costs" offers a broad historical perspective that surveys 70 years of u.s. security policy to argue that the united states has gone terribly awry trying to make itself safe. david's basic point is that the institutions that we have built, and policies we have established to ensure our national security or our originally designed to fight nazi germany and wage the cold war against the soviet union. they were not conceived to protect us against today's international terrorism and other 21st century threats. david argues that since the time of roosevelt and truman, we have slipped into what he calls, quote, permanent self renewing state of emergency marked by excess of lacy credit agencies and a kind of imperial presidency our constitution had nev
and if you ever read a times editorial of the military, foreign policy, or international finance, there is a good chance david had a hand in it. he got a historian's training to his journalism having earned a ph.d. from the university of texas at austin and his provocative new book "the emergency state americas pursuit of absolute security at all costs" offers a broad historical perspective that surveys 70 years of u.s. security policy to argue that the united states has gone terribly...
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foreign policy? thank you. >> well, first of all, thank you for your work at fsi and for your work on implementing the qddr. we are hoping that it will prove itself so that no matter who comes next not only in my position, but in all of the positions of leadership throughout state and aid will see it as the tool that it is. you know, the defense department has been doing this for years, and it has really advantaged them. that's how i first thought of it because i served on the armed services committee in the senate, and every four years the defense department would come up with this really slick, well-manufactured brochure and, you know, filled with pages and powerpoints, you know how they are so good at that. [laughter] and, you know, i mean, it just was daunting to see because it just laid out, well, here's what we want, and here's how we're going to get it. and we had nothing like that from state or aid. in fact, if you ask jack lew who has gone from d here to omb, now will become chief of staff f
foreign policy? thank you. >> well, first of all, thank you for your work at fsi and for your work on implementing the qddr. we are hoping that it will prove itself so that no matter who comes next not only in my position, but in all of the positions of leadership throughout state and aid will see it as the tool that it is. you know, the defense department has been doing this for years, and it has really advantaged them. that's how i first thought of it because i served on the armed...
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. >> host: let me read of this parity rut on foreign policy magazine referring to assad. he has to listen to powerful voices on different issues. though he is a great deal of power, far more than anyone else in syria come you cannot simply have his way. so they see a puppet? >> guest: now come he is not a puppet at all. every authoritarian leader, no matter how dictatorial must negotiate with powerful factions in the regime and society. his father had to do that and a shower has had to do that. so he catches willy-nilly order something and have it done quickly. he's definitely in control and depth of the most powerful person in the country. he told me early on in his reign he promote the fact he ordered at that time a thousand decrees that only four were implemented because of the bureaucratic inertia and the government and the fact that things just don't get it done very quickly in syria. so he has to work around these things, particularly in a situation like this. this is a security solution to this uprising from the very beginning he has to work with military security
. >> host: let me read of this parity rut on foreign policy magazine referring to assad. he has to listen to powerful voices on different issues. though he is a great deal of power, far more than anyone else in syria come you cannot simply have his way. so they see a puppet? >> guest: now come he is not a puppet at all. every authoritarian leader, no matter how dictatorial must negotiate with powerful factions in the regime and society. his father had to do that and a shower has had...
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. >> israel was one of the few foreign policy issues in the 2012 campaign. mitt romney saying you won't see many some night. is the u.s. relationship and vice versa a healthy relationship? >> it's a remarkable relationship between one of the nations that have the smallest majority in our great country. it's a mystical relationship with you think of how much support we showered and israel and how much support we get back. it is due to the fact that it is not just jewish support. were only 2% of the population in the united states. it's because we've shared values, shared enemies and islamic terrorism that many people in the united states via israel as the holy land. not just jews, but non-jews as well. it's quite a remarkable thing at a time there is so much polarization between the republicans and democrats. it's one of the few foreign policy issues that actually unite democrats and republicans. >> "the future of the jews," is your book title provocative in any way and do you mean it to be? >> i mean it to be because many people who described calamities for
. >> israel was one of the few foreign policy issues in the 2012 campaign. mitt romney saying you won't see many some night. is the u.s. relationship and vice versa a healthy relationship? >> it's a remarkable relationship between one of the nations that have the smallest majority in our great country. it's a mystical relationship with you think of how much support we showered and israel and how much support we get back. it is due to the fact that it is not just jewish support. were...